2017-2018 / PEDA4045-2

French Teaching and Learning for basic teaching and lower secondary education, Part 1

Duration

20h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in education (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Patricia Schillings

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is focussed on the mecanims that ensure the scaffolding, the control and the adjustment of the learning settings related to French. Three themes are developped :


  • the steering and the regulation of the learnings in French.
  • the language as a tool to communicate and acculturate one self;
  • the language as a tool to conceptualize and to learn.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze the professional skills which determine the effectiveness of the studied learning settings. More specifically, they will be able to :




  • to master the concept of literacy and digital literacy
  • to understand the pupils's difficulties in the area of reading expertise ;
  • to develop the ability to bring a new perspective to various learning settings such as the one studied in this class;
  • to design and regulate some learning settings which ensure the development of the targeted skills;
  • to assess/ to comprehend the learning constructed in the different learning settings;

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

none

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The methodology combines theoretical presentations , analysis of students' productions and analysis of teaching/learning settings.
The course includes two types of assignement : on the one hand, the reading of a reading folder, and on the other hand, the experimentation of a reciprocal teaching activity at the lower secondary school level. a written report of this teaching activity is required;

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Recommended or required readings

A reading folder related to the different themes developped in the course wil be made available for students starting from the first class meeting ( 18th february ).
Some additionnal texts could also be made available to deepen some of the topics.

Assessment methods and criteria

Examen écrit. The written report will be part of the final mark (20%) . In case of missing report , the mark of the course will be equal to zero

Work placement(s)

There isn't any internship but a practical work is assigned and describe above.

Organizational remarks

The course is organized in 7 face to face modules of 3 hours each .

Contacts

Patricia Schillings - Patricia.schillings@ulg.ac.be
Since I don't have any assistant devoted to this course, I would be grateful if you could only contact me by courriel, and give me a few days to answer your questions .